cepa

See also: сера

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A loanword from an unknown language. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek κάπια (kápia, “onions”) and Welsh cenhinen (“leek”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cēpa f (genitive cēpae); first declension

  1. onion
  2. (New Latin) Used as a species epithet in taxonomic names.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cēpa cēpae
genitive cēpae cēpārum
dative cēpae cēpīs
accusative cēpam cēpās
ablative cēpā cēpīs
vocative cēpa cēpae

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Descendants

References

  • cepa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cepa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cepa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 108

Latvian

Verb

cepa

  1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of cept
  2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of cept

Polish

Noun

cepa

  1. genitive singular of cep

Portuguese

Noun

cepa f (plural cepas)

  1. (microbiology) strain (variant of a virus)
  2. kind (a type, race or category)
  3. vine (climbing plant that produces grapes)
  4. stump (remains of a plant that has been cut off), especially one used to make charcoal

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From cepo

Noun

cepa f (plural cepas)

  1. variety (of wine)
  2. strain (of virus)
  3. rootstalk (underground stem base)
  4. grapevine stock, grapevine
  5. stump (of a tree), stub
  6. root (of an animal’s tail or horns, etc.)
  7. nucleus (of cloud formation)
  8. ancestry, stock, origin (of family lineage)
  9. pier (of an arch or bridge)

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